Lather mask



March 3, 1936. A JEFFERY 932,894

LATHER MASK Original Filed Nov. 28, 1932 g9; ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 3,1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application November 28, 1932, SerialNo. 644,615 Renewed January 2, 1935 1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in lather masks,and a method of making the same.

It is one of the principal objects of my invention to provide for thepurpose of softening the face before shaving, a lather mask whichautomatically adjusts itself to the chin, lips and. other hairy parts ofthe face with the proper tension.

The mask preferably consists of a cover of suitable fabric formed intooblong shape expanded in the middle to comfortably embrace the mouth andchin of the face. It also has a top edge which passes above the mouthand under the nose, and a bottom edge that passes under the chin closeto the throat.

Connected to the oblong mask near each upper corner end is a band,preferably elastic, which passes over the head far enough forward toavoid slipping off the crown thereof. The component pulls which the topand bottom portions of the mask exert, join in this band resultant,which, by passing over the crown of the head a short distance ahead ofthe ears, resists them in such a manner as to give the mask a properfit.

It is another object of my invention to produce the mask from a strip ofsuitable fabric under a method or process which will insure that itsends will not bend or flap cut, away from the ears and lower jaw, whenthe mask is applied, but will embrace the ears and cheeks snugly andcomfortably.

Other important and incidental objects will be brought out in thefollowing specification and particularly set forth in the subjoinedclaim.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is aperspective View of the face of a man to which my improved lather maskhas been applied. Figure 2 is a plan view of my mask in its blank form.Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank showing its oblique stitched edgesafter it has been folded with its free longitudinal edges parallel andclosely adjacent each other. Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank afterit has been turned inside out, the corner portions outside its inclinedstitched edges having been cut off. These stitched edges are now insideand the longitudinal edges are sewn together. Figure 5 is a perspectiveView of the mask after its end portions have been rolled and sewntogether to form the protruding short and thick ends illustrated inFigure 5, that have an elastic action in the direction of the face.Figure 6 is a side view of the mask, showing the elastic band attachedto one of its top edges near the rounded. ends thereof. And Figure 7 isa cross-sectional view taken through the mask on the line 'l'l of Figure6.

In the accompanying drawing, the numeral I designates a rectangularstrip of material, preferably turkish toweling,'having a roughenedabsorbent portion 2 between zig zag edges 3. (See Figure 2.) This blankis then folded to bring its longitudinal edges 4 into closely spacedparallel relation, after which its overlying zig zag edges 3 are unitedby stitching 3 as shown in Figure 8.

The corner portions 5 beyond these stitched m edges are then cut off,the blank turned inside out, and the longitudinal edges 4, 4 sewntogether by stitching 4 as shown in Figure 4. After the straight edges4, 4 have been stitched together, the blank is refolded to bring 15these straight edges 4, 4 to one side to create a pocket effect.

The blank is then shaped as shown in Figure 5, with its ends rolled andstitched into short, pro-- truding rounded portions 6, 6 which will actyield- 20 ingly toward the face when the mask is applied to it.

Connected between the united free edges 4, 4 of the mask, one at eachend thereof, are two' preferably elastic bands 1, I which are adjustablyconnected together at their free ends.

The mask thus formed is applied to the face as H In this position theband will act 40 The herein described method of making a lather mask,which consistsin forming a rectangular strip of fabric with an absorbentportion having two oppositely disposed zig zag edges and two straightedges, then folding said strip to bring its 45 straight edges intoclosely parallel relation, then stitching the overlying zig zag edgestogether and. cutting off the portions of the fabric outside of them,then stitching the two straight edges together and refolding the stripto bring these 50 straight edges to one side to create a pocket effect,then rolling and sewing the extremities of the folded strip intoprotruding ends, and then applying to the stitched straight edges theends of a head band. 55

ALLEN T. JEFFERY.

